Inspiration for Life
2009 AAREA Conference

October 15 and 16, 2009
Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne

Join us for an inspirational program that offers a balance of Asthma, Respiratory, Chronic Lung Disease and the changing direction of primary health care. Experience speakers from a variety of health care backgrounds including nurses, health educators, respiratory specialists, primary care practitioners, paediatricians, pharmacists and physiotherapists.

Program

Pre Conference Events

Day 1 Program

Day 2 Program

 

Please note that the program is subject to change without notice.

 

PreConference :: Wednesday October 14, 2009

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Registration :: Attendees are encouraged to register early to avoid the Thursday rush.
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Credentialing Workshop for Asthma and Respiratory (COPD) Educators— The "How To?"

Facilitators :: Anna Berkelmans and Suzanne Hull - SOLD OUT

 

 

Day 1 :: Thursday October 15, 2009

8:00 AM Registration, Trade and Poster Displays
8:45 AM Conference Welcome: Commonwealth Government
9:00 AM Opening Address :: Kristine Whorlow, Chief Executive Officer, National Asthma Council, Australia
9:15 AM Keynote Speaker :: Dr Christine Jenkins Topic :: National Asthma Strategy 2008-2013 - educational opportunities
10:00 AM Keynote Speaker :: Anna Berkelmans :: Models of Care – Asthma and respiratory education
10:45 AM Morning Tea, Trade and Poster Displays
11:15 AM Presenter :: Dr Frank Thien Topic :: Innovations and Advances in asthma
11:45 AM Presenter :: Nick Freezer Topic :: Childhood Predictos of COPD
12:15 PM Presenter :: Caroline Nicolson Topic :: Airway Mucociliary Clearance Techniques
1:00 PM Lunch, Trade and Poster Displays
2:00 PM Presenter :: Assoc. Prof. Christine McDonald Topic :: Innovations and advances in COPD
2:45 PM Presenter :: Dr Bandana Saini Topic :: Standards of Asthma Pharmacy Practice (SOAPP)
3:15 PM Afternoon Tea, Trade and Poster Displays
3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session 1

Sara Ward

Topic ::

Clients Choice of Models of Self Determined Care with Asthma and/or Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease

Emil Dan

Topic ::

Re-engineering your Pharmacy for Respiratory Education

3:45PM Jenny Gowan
Topic ::
Aspirin/NSAID-intolerant asthma: a tool for community pharmacy

Dr Joanne Smart

Topic ::

Anaphylaxis and Asthma

Philippa Yabsley

Topic ::

The reliability of spirometry results performed by community pharmacists

4:20 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session 2

Sue Tamblyn

Topic ::

The Journey of the lung transplant

4:40PM Neil Petrie

Topic ::

Reviewing the Medications of the Older Person with Asthma

Jane McDermott

Topic ::

Asbestos diseases and the compensation process

Bernadette Flanagan
Topic ::

Do General Practice patients benefit from spirometry with regular review?

 

5:00 PM Close — Poster Viewing and Judging
7:00 PM Conference Dinner

 

 

Day 2 :: Friday October 16, 2009

7:00 AM AstraZeneca Breakfast Symposium :: Topic: Managing Asthma for Current Control and Future Risk
Breakfast will be served from 0715 with presentation to commence at 0730 Breakfast will be served from 0715 with presentation to commence at 0730
8:15 AM Registration — Trade and Poster Displays
8:30 AM Welcome
8:45 AM Keynote Speaker :: Professor Robyn O'Hehir Topic:: Allergy, rhinitis and asthma
9:30 AM Key Note Speaker :: Michael Keating Topic:: Asbestosis
10:00 AM Presenter :: Richard Widmer Topic:: Dental, oral and respiratory medications
10:30 AM Morning Tea — Trade and Poster Displays
11:00 AM Presenter :: Dr Chris Worsnop Topic:: Lung bugs and update
11:30 AM Presenter :: Dr Andrew Tai Topic:: The long term outcome of childhood asthma into adult life
12:00 PM Presenter :: Dr Leslie Braun Topic:: What do complementary therapies have to offer respiratory patients
12:30 PM AAREA Annual General Meeting
1:00 PM Lunch — Trade and Poster Displays
2:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session 1

Alex Ehlert

Topic ::

Mental Heath and COPD

Tony Sasse

Topic ::

Good sleep hygiene and sleep disorders

Michelle Norman and Craig Moore

Topic ::

The didgeridoo Project – a community asthma program

Leanne Ross

Topic ::

Asthma Self-management teaching: helping maintain appropriate care in rural general practice

 

2:35 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session 2

Anna Hutchinson

Topic ::

COPD and palliative care – providing answers when there are no answers

Tony Sasse

Topic ::

Good sleep hygiene and sleep disorders

Anna Berklemans

Topic ::

Australian Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice in Smoking Cessation

Christine Burns and Melinda Gray

Topic ::

Parental uptake of smoking cessation interventions – a feasibility pilot study

3:05 PM Afternoon Tea — Trade and Poster Displays
3:30 PM Presenter :: Erik Tikoft Topic :: HTLV – 1. HT what? chronic suppurative lung disease / bronchiectasis - a central Australian perspective
4:00 PM Presenter :: Medical Social Society of University of Melbourne
Topic :: Classroom to Consultant – conquering coughs and catarrh
4:45 PM

Poster Award Presentations

Notice of the Australian Asthma Conference—2010 and Next AAREA Conference

Evaluation

5:00 PM Close